Tag: Special Prosecutor

The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje I, comprised of judges Vladimir Panchevski, as a president of the court, and the judges Dijana Gruevska-Ilievska (deputy-president of the court) and Ljubinka Basheska (judge appointed in the case of “Puch”) for the second time have refused to give an order so that the Special Public Prosecution can order a research...

Today, the German Foreign Office welcomed Parliament's decision to ‘postpone once again’ the elections and calls for the implementation of credible reforms, and the urgent withdrawal of the pardons granted by President Gjorgi Ivanov to a large number of politicians last month. The German Foreign Office made the following statement on Twitter:   https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo/status/733334511270891520 The statement also adds that Germany’s “special envoy, Ambassador...

The EU delegation at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna called on political parties in Macedonia to fully implement the Przhino Agreement. “The European Union recalls the great importance it attaches to the full implementation of the 2 June 2015 political agreement and its 15 July 2015 Protocol (the “Przino agreement”) between the four main political parties in order to...

The past few days, the Government has approved jobs, premises and vehicles to secure conditions for the State Election Commission to work and to be able to function. Also DUI and VMRO-DPMNE withdrew any comments or shortcomings they had on the methodology of the SEC had prepared for cleansing voters' list. The ruling coalition of VMRO-DPMNE and DUI obviously did...

The Special Prosecution did not request for Zoran Verushevski's detention to be replaced with house arrest as some of the media has reported. Zoran Verushevski, charged in the case “Putsch”, at the request of his defence team, who argued that his detention in jail should be replaced with some sort of guarantee, and the court gave a positive opinion to their argument...

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is not afraid of the Special Prosecutor. He said during a visit to the Clinical Centre and added there is nothing to be afraid of, reported "MKD.MK"."Of course I am not afraid, there is nothing to be afraid of", Gruevski responded to a reporter's question. When asked whose proposal it was to select Katica Janeva the...

"Ajde", a platform for public politics from 18:00 pm outside Parliament began the event in support of the Special Public Prosecutor. Macedonian citizens are fully committed for the battle for justice, freedom and democracy, and this should be clear to the Special Public prosecutor. "The Special Public Prosecutor has a very difficult task ahead of her. She will have to deal...

The opposition SDSM were surprised by the Prime Minister's  statement yesterday regarding the appointing of a Special Prosecutor. They said that VMRO-DPMNE until now had insisted to choose just a special prosecutor, and maintained that the he wouldn't need associates, nor would he need organs or bodies to make sure his office would run independently. The Prime Minister's statement came...

Sources from inside the negotiating teams have told 'Meta' correspondents that political parties working groups who are discussing electoral laws and rules from the Przhino Agreement are now to focus all their energy on the issue of the Special Public Prosecutor which is to be appointed on the 15th of September. The parties have agreed to give priority to the...

The President of SDSM Zoran Zaev expressed optimism that at the beginning of next week  negotiating teams of the political parties will state their positions on the law regarding the public prosecutor, who should be voted in by the 15th of September, the deadline set by the Przhino Agreement. According to Zaev, conceptual differences exist within the negotiating teams about...

In a statement released by the Basic Court Skopje 1 defending the court's decision made at the preliminary hearing stage, Judges have complained that they felt pressurized into commenting on the decision reached in the preliminary hearing, by repeated and aggressive media coverage which questioned the Court's findings. The Judges are dismayed that the same media did not give...

'Meta' have learnt from sources involved with negotiating teams that working groups for political parties have been intensively negotiating the choice for special public prosecutor. Due to these talks, meetings were delayed regarding electoral laws which should continue today in the Parliamentary Club. According to information received, there is a slight shift in negotiations on the special prosecutor and he...

The German Embassy in Macedonia today announced that it has high expectations regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor on the 15th of September, established by the Agreements of June the 2nd and July 15th. "This appointment is an important obligation of the aforementioned agreements, the special prosecutor should ensure an independent, transparent and comprehensive legal redress charges for serious...

"It is in our best interest to come to an arrangement quickly regarding the special prosecutor. We need to remove this fog SDSM have created causing uncertainty and questions of whether it'll be like this or that. They are doing so with the aim to encourage their own membership which has become far from motivating, and rightfully", stated the...

  The European Commission has welcomed the return of the opposition to Parliament. EC spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said that now is the time Parliament should start work on reform priorities in the interest of the whole country. "We welcome the fact that the opposition is now back in Parliament. You know that it is part of the agreement brokered by the...

The large political parties will lose if Macedonia becomes a single electoral unit, but in that case the citizens will benefit most, along with the system of parliamentary democracy. Realistically, the single unit model will prevent all-powerful figures like Gruevski from ruling Macedonia. This was said by Zoran Zaev, President of SDSM at his visit of Pehcevo. -This period must be...

The meeting of the Action groups of the political parties who have signed the Przhino Agreement has started. The meeting is held at the Parliamentary Club. The topic is the special public prosecutor. Representatives of SDSM are Renata Deskoska and Oliver Spasovski. VMRO-DPMNE is represented by Nikola Poposki and Nikola Todorov. DUI is represented by Artan Grubi and Musa Dzaferi....

The European Union will provide any kind of help if becomes necessary to institute a special prosecutor who is going to investigate the findings that came from the tapped conversations, said Maja Kocijanic, spokesperson of the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, in response to a question posed by the newspaper Vest whether the...

The Report that came from the Prosecutor makes it obvious that they never intended to investigate the criminal acts in an honest and independent manner, said Radmila Shekerinska, the Deputy President of SDSM, responding to a question from the media. -In the Report you can see lots of names, people with whom they talked to, people whose criminal...